How to Apply for Passport (2024)

FAQs

How do I get help with passport application questions? ›

I need some help with the information requested on the passport application form. Please call the National Passport Information Center, toll-free, at 1-877-487-2778 or 1-888-874-7793 (TDD/TTY). General passport help is also available at npic@state.gov.

Besides photo issues, the company's review found seven other mistakes commonly made by passport applicants: Information on the application is different from the previous passport. Full name or date of birth is different, or applicant leaves out a middle name or changes the middle name to an initial.

#10 –*** Names of parents of applicant – first & middle and then last name (mother's name must be her maiden name), date of birth of parents and place of birth. Also indicate male/female and whether or not they are citizens of the U.S. This information is required even if the parents are deceased.

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I thought this was a government website, but it is not. Very deceiving, do not be fooled. Make sure you are doing passport services directly with the ** government site. This is definitely a way for them to scam money from people.

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Denying a Passport

Some reasons to deny a passport include: A valid, unsealed federal warrant of arrest. A federal or state criminal court order. A condition of parole or probation forbidding departure from the United States (or the jurisdiction of the court)

They're blaming the epic wait times on lingering pandemic -related staffing shortages and a pause of online processing this year. That's left the passport agency flooded with a record-busting 500,000 applications a week. The deluge is on-track to top last year's 22 million passports issued, the State Department says.

According to this data, the primary deciding factor to how “powerful” a passport is is determined by how many countries are accessible and visa-free for a nation's citizens.

The staff at the passport office are interested in working out if the person in front of them is the person who has filled out the form. They will therefore ask some seemingly random questions to establish your identity.

Ignore unsolicited calls, emails or texts claiming to come from a government agency. Spoofing and phishing scams designed to trick you into sharing personal information have become highly sophisticated. Government agencies will not contact you via phone, text or email, and will instead do so by mail.

What is the first two digits of the passport application? ›

The first two digits of your nine-digit passport application locator number allow you to know which agency or center is working on your application. You can find your application locator number by checking our Online Passport Status System. The unique digits for each of our agencies and centers are below.

Passports do not include your address. Passport data pages, or biodata pages, only include your name, passport number, nationality, date and place of birth, your sex, and the passport's date of issue and date of expiry.

Please keep in mind that the passport card will arrive 30 days after your regular passport book is delivered to the Embassy or Consulate. Parents' information: Please enter all the requested information. The full name of your parents at birth, even if they are deceased or you do not know their current location.

Our passport agencies and centers: Process all applications we receive from acceptance facilities and by mail, and. Serve customers by appointment only who have urgent travel to a foreign country in the next 14 calendar days, or need a foreign visa in the next 28 calendar days.

Passport Book: Valid for travel by air sea and land travel. Passport fee of $130.00 per applicant must be paid by check or money order payable to "Department of State" - no cash.